Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Essentials of biostatistics in public health

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Essentials Public HealthPublication details: Sudbury Jones & Bartlett Learning 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 313 pISBN:
  • 9781449623944
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.72 S8E8-2012
Summary: Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Second Edition, comes packaged with an access code that gives you entrée to an online workbook for statistical computing using Microsoft Excel. The online workbook is available in both Mac and PC versions. Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Second Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health. Many examples are drawn directly from the author’s remarkable clinical experiences with the renowned Framingham Heart Study, making this text practical, interesting, and accessible for those with little mathematical background. The examples are real, relevant, and manageable in size so that students can easily focus on applications rather than become overwhelmed by computations. The text is accompanied by an online workbook: Statistical Computing Using Microsoft Excel (for Mac or PC). New Features of the Second Edition: Learning objectives and more practice problems for every chapter A new chapter on survival analysis A new chapter on nonparametric statistics Coverage of sensitivity, specificity, and performance of screening tests connecting probability to real and important applications An expansion of the chapter on multivariable methods with more emphasis on interpretation of multivariable regression A bank of questions for the audience response system (“clickers”) for instructors Looking for more real-life evidence? Check out Case 4 in Essential Case Studies in Public Health, Putting Public Health into Practice.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Item location Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 33-B / Slot 1720 (2nd Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 610.72 S8E8-2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 180668

I

Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Second Edition, comes packaged with an access code that gives you entrée to an online workbook for statistical computing using Microsoft Excel. The online workbook is available in both Mac and PC versions.

Essentials of Biostatistics in Public Health, Second Edition provides a fundamental and engaging background for students learning to apply and appropriately interpret biostatistics applications in the field of public health.

Many examples are drawn directly from the author’s remarkable clinical experiences with the renowned Framingham Heart Study, making this text practical, interesting, and accessible for those with little mathematical background. The examples are real, relevant, and manageable in size so that students can easily focus on applications rather than become overwhelmed by computations.
The text is accompanied by an online workbook: Statistical Computing Using Microsoft Excel (for Mac or PC).

New Features of the Second Edition:

Learning objectives and more practice problems for every chapter

A new chapter on survival analysis
A new chapter on nonparametric statistics
Coverage of sensitivity, specificity, and performance of screening tests connecting probability to real and important applications
An expansion of the chapter on multivariable methods with more emphasis on interpretation of multivariable regression
A bank of questions for the audience response system (“clickers”) for instructors

Looking for more real-life evidence? Check out Case 4 in Essential Case Studies in Public Health, Putting Public Health into Practice.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.